Medium:

Earthenware with black, white, and clear glazes

Dimensions:

H x W: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in)

Style:

Ohi ware

Type:

Container

Origin:

Ishikawa prefecture, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period or Meiji era

Description:

Incense-box, covered. Seated figure of Tomomachi.

Clay: soft, dense, buff-brown.

Glaze: flesh parts in buff-terra-cotta; figure in white - both crackled and iridescent. Cap in lustrous black.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Arts of Japan: Edo Aviary and Poetic License (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

Poetic License: Making Old Worlds New (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

Topic:

Ohi ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

incense  Search this

Japan  Search this

earthenware  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1900.20a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d4e2f885-e587-4757-8b8a-1f9a2c694461

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1900.20a-b